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HEARING NOTICE

SAN JUAN COUNTY

NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL BOARD

ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ANNOUNCEMENT

PURPOSE: To review and adopt the 2021 San Juan County Noxious Weed List and to discuss noxious weed control priorities and weed law enforcement guidelines for 2021.

WHEN: Friday, February 5th, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

WHERE: Online

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Meeting ID: 981 1899 3639
Date & Time: Feb 12, 2021 08:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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CONTENT:

The Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board adopted the 2021 Washington State Noxious Weed List on November 10, 2020, adding a new Class A species, Turkish thistle (Carduus cinereus), which was recently found close to Washington in northeastern Oregon and adjacent Idaho. The State Board also adopted changes to the scientific names of several noxious weed species:

Annual bugloss is now Lycopsis arvensis;
Japanese knotweed is Fallopia japonica;
Bohemian knotweed is Fallopia x bohemica;
Ravenna grass is Tripidium ravennae;
Scentless mayweed is Tripleurospermum inodorum;
White cockle is Silene latifolia;
Meadow knapweed is Centaurea x gerstlaueri;
Japanese eelgrass is Nanozostera japonica;
Himalayan blackberry is Rubus bifrons.

Other changes made by the Washington State Noxious Weed Board, including modifications to WAC 16-750, may be viewed at: (https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/whats-new). The state list went into effect on January 1, 2021.

The San Juan County 2021 Noxious Weed List must be adopted by February 28th.

In order for this list to become accepted for San Juan County, it must be approved by the County Noxious Weed Control Board based on public input received at this meeting. The Weed Board requests the public’s insights about local weed distributions as well as suggestions for the 2022 weed list, closing April 30.

For further information, contact the San Juan County Noxious Weed Control Program at (360) 376-3499 or by e-mail at jasono@sanjuanco.com. A draft copy of the proposed 2021 San Juan County Noxious Weed List is available here: 2021 SJC Noxious Weed List Draft.

Read the 2020 Annual Report!

SJCNWCB FINAL 2020 Annual Report

Our Mission

The mission of the San Juan County Noxious Weed Program is to focus on education, prevention, technical assistance and control of noxious weeds through voluntary compliance with RCW 17.10 and WAC 16-750. The Program offers:

Early Detection and Rapid Response;
Educational Materials & Programs;
Noxious Weed Identification and Inventories;
Site-specific Control Recommendations;
Weed Control Assistance to Individuals, Organizations & Agencies;
Weed Wrench Loans to San Juan County Residents.

Our Goals

The Goals of the Noxious Weed Board Are:

To provide education and outreach services to public and private entities on topics related to invasive plants.
To provide education-based enforcement and implementation of state and county noxious weed laws.
To work closely with individuals, property owners, businesses, associations and government agencies in noxious weed control efforts.
To eradicate all known Class A noxious weeds within the county.
To Contain or control the spread of all state-designated or county-selected Class B and C noxious weeds within the county.
To prevent the incursion of newly listed or unlisted weeds of concern on to county lands.

Introduction to Noxious Weeds in San Juan County